By Bill Copeland on May 18, 2013
Londonderry, NH—On May 24th, in celebration of Bob Dylan’s 72st birthday, some of New England’s finest musicians will be performing to benefit The Brad Delp Foundation and The Lisa Guyer Music Empowerment Program at Whippersnappers in Londonderry. The fourth annual event is being headlined by members of The Fools, BeatleJuice, Charlie Farren, and Brian Maes. [...]
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By Bill Copeland on May 17, 2013
Dara Cassidy has been fronting her hugely popular cover band The Dirty 3rds for nine years. That’s pretty good for someone who only thought she would be singing two or three songs nightly in a short lived house band. “I was a little bit nervous,” she said. “Once I got on stage and started doing [...]
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By Bill Copeland on May 15, 2013
Bill Copeland Music News.com just received this information and request for donations for Project Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Michael R. Landers has sent you a message. Date: 5/14/2013 Subject: Our Non-Profit needs your help with Donations, Sponsorship’s, Goods Services, etc. as we reach our deadline. Dear Friends, Project Arts of Plymouth, Inc. is alive and [...]
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By Bill Copeland on May 12, 2013
Yoke Shire hit the British Beer Company in Manchester, New Hampshire for a rocking two hour set last night. The trio’s show, at first politely received by the crowd, came alive when they played one of their originals in this cover bar setting. Yoke Shire has been through many incarnations. They began as a prog-rock [...]
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By Bill Copeland on May 12, 2013
THE CHANNEL REUNION CONCERT to BENEFIT RIGHT~ TURN RECOVERY! The CRC is an event that will take place on JUNE 23rd 2013 at CLUB ROYALE, BOSTON. Tickets are $20.00. All proceeds from the CRC will go to the non-profit RIGHT TURN RECOVERY! TH…E FOLLOWING ARE THE BANDS PLAYING THE CHANNEL REUNION CONCERT TO BENEFIT RIGHT [...]
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By Bill Copeland on May 6, 2013
The Brickyard Blues Band just played the Sunday afternoon show at British Beer Company in Manchester, New Hampshire. Just a few short hours ago, they delivered their mix of blues and R&B to an appreciative day time audience. Fronted by the affable Brian James, the four piece played three relatively mellow sets to a lunchtime [...]
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By Bill Copeland on April 30, 2013
This information just came into BillCopelandMusicNews.com from Mazzie from the all female band The ChIcKz about a fundraiser hosted by The ChIcKz to support victims of the Boston Marathon boming. The ChIckKz are working hard to organize, promote, and host this event. Hello Billy… Mazzie here, as with the thousands of people saddened with the [...]
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By Bill Copeland on April 29, 2013
John Medeiros Jr. has been keeping the best for a long time. In fact, he’s kept the beat for essentially everybody in the greater-Boston/New England music scene at one time or another. A life long musician, Medeiros fell in love with the drums at an early age. The defining moment came when he heard Neil [...]
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By Bill Copeland on April 27, 2013
BillCopelandMusicNews.com recently received the following information from Bob Indorato: We are holding a huge fundraiser in Honor of Long time Boston musician my brother Michael Indorato Boston Michael who’s battling stage 4 liver cancer W/metastas…is and a large financial burden. The “CIRCLE OF LOVE” benefit will be held at “THE MOTTOLO POST” located at 10 [...]
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By Bill Copeland on April 24, 2013
Bees Deluxe are following an important tradition as recording artists by releasing a live concert album. The album is called livevil, which could be pronounced live evil or live-ville. The point is that it is a live album that captures Bees Deluxe in their hard-hitting, jamming blues glory. The trio of guitarist Conrad Warre, keyboardist [...]
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